If you program with XMLRPC, then the cost is nothing. The money they want is for the server side software, which you really do not need, you can replace it with your own solution, as Henrique...]]>Wed, 12 May 2004 13:22:28 -0400Wed, 12 May 2004 13:22:28 -0400Wed, 12 May 2004 13:22:28 -0400May 12, 2004Rolf Tollerud3If Wishes Were Butterflies ...http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=25849
Wed, 12 May 2004 13:10:41 -0400Wed, 12 May 2004 13:10:41 -0400Wed, 12 May 2004 13:10:41 -0400May 12, 2004Henrique Steckelberg0If Wishes Were Butterflies ...http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=25849
I really, really hope you're right about JSF/SVG as being a viable option (not alternative) in the rich client development toolset because SVG is very, very nice, IMO. However, having two SVG-based applications under my belt (one with...]]>Wed, 12 May 2004 11:27:42 -0400Wed, 12 May 2004 11:27:42 -0400Wed, 12 May 2004 11:27:42 -0400May 12, 2004Craig McWherter5Afraid of the future - NOThttp://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=25849
The KEY thing that Flex seems to give you is to localize client-specific state on the client. That is the major pain of all web application developmentYes, that is key. But it certainly isn't new.

This is the same...]]>Wed, 12 May 2004 11:08:43 -0400Wed, 12 May 2004 11:08:43 -0400Wed, 12 May 2004 11:08:43 -0400May 12, 2004Jeff Dill0Afraid of the future - NOThttp://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=25849
I was able to "emulate" a "rich client" environment using plain HTML and some javascript code (using the jsolait XMLRPC library I posted the link...]]>Wed, 12 May 2004 11:02:13 -0400Wed, 12 May 2004 11:02:13 -0400Wed, 12 May 2004 11:02:13 -0400May 12, 2004Henrique Steckelberg0